Flower-holder



UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JENNIE L. STURTEVANT, OF GILROY, CALIFORNIA.

FLOWER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,221, dated December28, 1897.

Application filed February 18, 1897. Serial No. 623,968. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ENNIE L. STURTEVANT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Gilroy, in the county of Santa Clara and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFlower-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention has reference to a novel construction in a device that isadapted more especially for holding flowers upon a garment and itconsists in the features of construction herein after particularly setforth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificationFigure 1 is a perspective View of a holder constructed in accordancewith this invention. Fig. 2 illustrates the same as applied to agarment,and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a modified cons'truction embodyingthis invention.

In accordance with the principle involved by this invention I employ twopins having sharp ends, so that they can be inserted through the clothof the garment, which are provided at their other ends with a crosspiececarrying a forwardly-extending eye or socket. In the construction shownin Fig. 1 the'pins l and the cross-piece 2 are of separate pieces, thelatter being a piece of sheet metal bent at its ends upon the ends ofthe pins or otherwise secured thereto, while between its ends it isprovided with the forwardly-extending socket 3, as shown.

. The points of an implement constructed in this manner can be Veryeasily passed through the cloth, and when so placed the socket or loopstands out from the garment, so that the stems of the flowers or anyother article that it may be desired to fasten to the garment may bepassed therethrough. It is especially useful in connection with flowershaving short or fragile stems, which are liable to break or beinsecurely fastened by the use of ordinary pins. It will be seen thatthe stems can be inserted through the socket and are effectually heldwithout danger of being broken.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the pins, cross-piece, and thesocket are made of one piece of wire bent into suitable shape, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A holder of the kind specified consisting of pins provided at one endwith a cross-piece and a laterally-projecting socket or loop.

2. A holder of the kind specified consisting of two pins provided at oneend with a crosspiece consisting of a sheet-metal plate fastened to saidpins and provided with a socket or loop.

3. A holder of the kind specified, consisting of two pins connected atone end by a crosspiece, said cross-piece being formed intermediate itsend with a lateral bend disposed at an angle to the pins, substantiallyas de scribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JENNIE L. STURTEVANT;

Witnesses:

S. J. MAYOCK, P. L. MAYOOK.

